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Coprinus atramentarius Fr. Common in dense clusters under 
alder in pastures and in newly made lawns, June to August, Algoma. 
Coprinus comatus Fr. It required four days for one plant to 
reach maturity, when it was 25 cm. broad. Perry’s lumber yard, Aug¬ 
ust, Algoma. 
Coprinus ebulbosus Pk. (Coprinus picaceus ebulbosus Pk.). Hard, 
Mushrooms, p. 33 6,fig. 274, gives a good figure of the specimen found in 
cemetery woods, June, Madison. 
Coprinus ephemerus Fr. There is little substance to the gills or 
caps. The species grow in hot-beds and around horse stables; each 
day’s crop turns to ink and disappears in a short time. April to June, 
Algoma. 
Coprinus micaceus Bull. The gills are purple-brown in most of 
the Algoma plants. Peck says that the spores are sometimes blackish- 
brown. The gills do not deliquesce unless the air is moist. On lawns, 
dirt-covered poles in pastures and around stumps in woods, May to 
August, Algoma. 
Coprinus ovatus (Schaeff.) Fr. A form which springs up in gar¬ 
dens and soon turns black. The ring is inconspicuous and the stipe 
deeply rooting. July, Mauston. 
Coprinus plicatilis Fr. This species grows in mulching under rose 
bushes. It is well illustrated by Sowerby, Eng. Fung. PI. 364. Eppling’s 
yard, July, Algoma. 
Panaeolns papilionaceus Fr. Common on dung in groves, June, 
Schmeiling’s, Algoma. 
Panaeolus retirugis Fr. This differs from the preceding species 
in having large fragments of the veil attached to the margin of the 
pileus, which is wrinkled and not cracked into areas. Figures by At¬ 
kinson, Mushrooms, PI. 11, fig. 45, Gille't, Champ. Fr. On dung, 
Detjen’s pasture, June to November, Algoma. 
BOLETINEAE. 
Boletinus paluster Pk. [Boletinellus paluster (Pk.) M.] The spec¬ 
imens are not as bright red as figured by Peck, Kept. 23, PI. 6, figs. 
4~6. In Sphagnum swamps, Blahnik’s, November, Algoma. 
Boletinus pictus Pk. The ochre-colored spores and larger, more 
angular pores distinguish this species from B. spectabilis w T hich grows 
in the same locality. Under cedar and tamarack, Ahnapee river swamp, 
September, Algoma. 
Boletinus porosus (Berk.) Pk. [Boletinellus merulioides (Schw.) 
M.] A species with large, angular, golden-yellow tubes. Shaw’s 
swamp, September, Foscora. 
